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No. 770,334. v I PATENTED SEPT. 20, 190%. A. G. STONE.

PIN TONGUE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1904.

NO MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR C. STONE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE GEORGE W. DOVER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

PIN-TONGUE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 770,334, dated September 20, 1904.

Application filed April 23, 1904.

T0 aZZ whom, it may cmwcrn:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. STONE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pin-Tongues, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to pin tongues or members adapted for use in articles of personal adornment, and has for its main purposes strength and cheapness.

In a copending patent application, Serial No. 197,737, filed March 12, 1904, is claimed a means of retaining the hook member of a pintongue against spring action in conjunction with a pivotal member traversing the retaining means.

The type of pin member involved in this invention is the flat-headed class formed by bending upon itself the blunt end of the pin-tongue blank and flattening the bent portion. The flattening operation, as is well known, weakens the tongue-shaft, although the product involves less cost. It has been usual to pierce the flattened head and insert therein a pivotpin or pintle adjacent or within the seam occasioned by the original bending operation, but with the result that a little wear either fractures the head or loosens the pintle.

The described disadvantages are obviated by the novel structure hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of my pin-tongue before the application of the strap; Figs. 2 and 3, side and edge elevations, respectively, of the strap or housing member; Fig. 4, a side elevation of the pin-tongue with the strap Serial No. 204,536. (No model.)

tened to form a head C, having a resulting seam m extending a distance therein, as shown in Fig. 1. In order to insure against any enlargement of this seam, I strike up and swage with suitable dies a rectangular strap or housing (Z, having upon the outer faces of the side walls thereof integral trunnions or pivots f. This strap or band I force over and around the head C of the pin, whose outer margins g are slightly indented to form a seat for the strap, as shown in Fig. 4.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a shaft of a flat hookshaped head, means upon the head for retaining the hook member against spring action, and means upon the retaining means for pivoting the shaft. 7

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a shaft of a flat head provided with a seam, a band around the head to retain the seamed parts in contact, and lugs upon the opposite sides of the band, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR C. STONE.

Witnesses:

HORATIO E. BELLoWs, WILLIAM E. BROWN. 

